Drew Watzke
Host and cofounder of Preceding Film
Appears in 113 Episodes
A Cure For Wellness/Shutter Island
Drew sets up an elaborate noir cop roleplaying exercise to help Heath find out the meanings in Gore Verbinski's A Cure For Wellness and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Islan...
Instant Oscars Reaction Show One Week Later
Heath and Drew talk Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg, Heat, Dune 3, Train Dreams, PTA and more on their not so instant Oscars reaction episode.Want to contact us? Emai...
Megalopolis/Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Drew and Heath are joined by Ray Cotolo to discuss big swings in digital filmmaking as they breakdown the influences George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of t...
Contagion/Outbreak
We at Preceding Film felt it necessary to put a disclaimer about not taking medical advice from this episode as Heath and Drew are joined by first time guest Allie Eas...
Airplane!/Zero Hour!
Airplane! is one of the most acclaimed comedies of all time, but did you know it follows the exact plot and even shares several lines of dialogue with the 1957 film Ze...
Blade Runner 2049/Blade Runner
Drew, Heath and Jonah have passed their baseline tests and have been authorized to talk about Denis Villeneuve's sequel Blade Runner 2049, and Ridley Scott's influenti...
September 5/Munich
Lora Taylor joins Drew and Heath to talk Steven Spielberg, broadcasting and how to make political thrillers.Want to contact us? Email precedingfilm@gmail.com
Toy Story/Midnight Run
The buddy comedy is one of the most tried and true subgenres in storytelling, and in this episode of Preceding Film, Drew and Heath talk the dynamics between Woody and...
Rocky IV/Rocky III
Montages and inspirational music. Jack Yarid joins Heath and Drew to talk about the third and fourth installments in the Rocky franchise, and filmmaking's transition f...
Snow Day Movie Picks
Drew and Heath are trapped at their respective residences, so they hop on a conference call to discuss their picks for what movies they like watching on a chilly, snow...
Ratatouille/Willard (1971)
What is a rat's purpose? Drew and Heath are joined by Emily Stokes to talk about Brad Bird's Ratatouille and the 11th grossing movie of 1971, Willard.Want to contact u...
Preceding Film 2025 Ranked
Year two of Preceding Film is finished, and to celebrate, Heath and Drew rank all 82 films they paired together over the past year. Want to contact us? Email preceding...
Preceding Film's Preceding Year in Review
Heath and Drew are joined by a number of guests to talk about some of their favorite (and sometimes not so favorite) movies of 2025! Guests include Tabish Ilyas, Lora ...
The Big Short/Moneyball
On a very special episode of Preceding Film, Drew and Heat go all the way back, and redo their first ever episode where they talk about a Michael Lewis double feature ...
The Muppet Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951)
"God bless us, every one!" Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol has been a beloved holiday story for nearly 200 years. There have been several film adaptati...
The Holiday/The Lady Eve
Christmas movies? Kind of! This week, Heath and Drew talk about a Nancy Meyers classic and a movie that Peter Bogdanovich described as the best romantic comedy ever ma...
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York/Home Alone
A Preceding Film Christmas starts with Drew and Heath discussing two iconic Holiday films: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and the original Home Alone.Want to contact u...
Knives Out/Clue
Drew, Heath, and Jonah Wilcox try to figure out "WhoDunnit?" as they discuss Rian Johnson's mystery film Knives Out along with cult classic Clue.Want to contact us? Em...
Tower Heist/Ocean's Eleven
Drew and Heath talk about what it takes to plan an intricate heist with your friends on this installment of Preceding Film. They discuss Brett Ratner's Tower Heist, al...
Fantastic Mr. Fox/Robin Hood (1973)
Wes Anderson correspondent Lora Taylor rejoins Heath and Drew to talk about the movie director's delightful stop motion animation film Fantastic Mr. Fox along with one...